Library Journal articles from April 2007, page 4

Library Journal archives from April 2007

Encyclopedia of Special Education: A Reference for the Education of Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Disabilities and Other Exceptional Individuals.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Encyclopedia of Special Education: A Reference for the Education of Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Disabilities and Other Exceptional Individuals. 3d ed. 3 vols. Wiley. 2007. 2016p. ed. by Cecil R. Reynolds & Elaine Fletcher-Janzen....

The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health.(Book review)
April 15, 2007... The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health. 2d ed. 5 vols. Thomson Gale. 2006. 3093p. ed. by Jacqueline L. Longe. illus. index. ISBN 1-4144-0374-7 [ISBN 978-1-4144-0374-8]. $985. REF Allied health refers to professions associated...

Abel, Ernest L. Intoxication in Mythology: A Worldwide Dictionary of Gods, Rites, Intoxicants and Places.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Abel, Ernest L. Intoxication in Mythology: A Worldwide Dictionary of Gods, Rites, Intoxicants and Places. McFarland. 2006. 220p. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-7864-2477-X [ISBN 978-0-7864-2477-1]. $35. REF Having written on subjects as diverse...

Hall, Judy. The Encyclopedia of Crystals.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Hall, Judy. The Encyclopedia of Crystals. Fair Winds: Quayside. Apr. 2007. 288p. illus. ISBN 1-59233-266-8 [ISBN 978-1-59233-266-3]. pap. $21.99. REF Organized by crystal color, Hall's (The Crystal Bible) comprehensive guide provides...

Heintze, James R. The Fourth of July Encyclopedia.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Heintze, James R. The Fourth of July Encyclopedia. McFarland. Apr. 2007. 360p. photogs. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-7864-2777-9 [ISBN 978-0-7864-2777-9]. $55. REF This single, comprehensive volume offers a vast catalog of Independence Day...

Lindeman, Stephan D. The Concerto: A Research and Information Guide.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Lindeman, Stephan D. The Concerto: A Research and Information Guide. Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. (Routledge Music Bibliographies). 2006. 320p. ISBN 0-415-97619-7 [ISBN 978-0-415-97619-0]. $95. REF Lindeman (Structural Novelty and...

World Bank. Atlas of Global Development: A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest Challenges.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... World Bank. Atlas of Global Development: A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest Challenges. World Bank Pbns. in assoc. with HarperCollins. 2007. 144p. illus. maps. ISBN 0-8213-6856-7 [ISBN 978-0-8213-6856-5]. pap. $19.95. REF Although...

Gill, Anton & Nick Barratt. Who Do You Think You Are?: Trace Your Family History Back to the Tudors.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2007... Gill, Anton & Nick Barratt. Who Do You Think You Are?: Trace Your Family History Back to the Tudors. HarperCollins UK, dist. by Trafalgar Square. Jul. 2007. 224p. illus. index. ISBN 0-00-723008-7 [ISBN 978-0-00-723008-2]. $29.95. REF In...

Icons of Horror and the Supernatural: An Encyclopedia of Our Worst Nightmares.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Icons of Horror and the Supernatural: An Encyclopedia of Our Worst Nightmares. Greenwood. (Greenwood Icons). 2006. 796p. ed. by S.T. Joshi. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 978-0-313-33780-2. $175. REF Influential master of horror fiction H.P....

Honnold, RoseMary. The Teen Reader's Advisor.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... * Honnold, RoseMary. The Teen Reader's Advisor. Neal-Schuman. (Teens @the Library). 2006. 492p. index. ISBN 1-55570-551-0. pap. $75. This comprehensive guide is an extremely useful reference for anyone who works with teens, whether they...

Public Library Internships: Advice from the Field.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Public Library Internships: Advice from the Field. Scarecrow. 2006. 200p. ed. by Cindy Mediavilla. index. ISBN 0-8108-5166-5 [ISBN 978-0-8108-5186-3]. pap. $40. Compiled by a librarian who managed an internship program for Los Angeles's...

Todaro, Julie & Mark L. Smith. Training Library Staff and Volunteers To Provide Extraordinary Customer Service.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Todaro, Julie & Mark L. Smith. Training Library Staff and Volunteers To Provide Extraordinary Customer Service. Neal-Schuman. 2006. 160p. index. ISBN 1-55570-560-X [ISBN 978-1-55570-560-2]. pap. $65. Customer service is the number one...

Trosow, Samuel E. and Kirsti E. Nilsen. Constraining Public Libraries: The World Trade Organization's General Agreement on Trade in Services.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Trosow, Samuel E. & Kirsti E. Nilsen. Constraining Public Libraries: The World Trade Organization's General Agreement on Trade in Services. Scarecrow. 2006. c.272p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-8108-5237-3 [ISBN 978-0-8108-5237-2]. pap. $65....

Through the Same Door: Inclusion Includes College.(Video recording review)
April 15, 2007... Through the Same Door: Inclusion Includes College. color. 25 min. Paul Rossen, Dance of Partnership Pubns., 10474, La Salle Blvd., Huntington Woods, M148070; 248-546-4870; www.danceofpartnership.com. For more information, contact...

Growing Energy on the Farm.(The New Power: Renewable Energies in Europe)(Transforming Energy)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2007... Growing Energy on the Farm. colon 31 min. Cornelia Wiese, Fechnermedia, dist. by National Film Network, 4501 Forbes Blvd., Lanham, MD 20706; 877-888-4395; www. nationalfilmnetwork.com. 2004; 2006 release. DVD ISBN 978-0-8026-0664-8. $24.95;...

Lithium Springs.(Video recording review)
April 15, 2007... Lithium Springs. colon 78 min. Carter Lord, Ocean Entertainment, 4407 Oakglen Rd., Lakeland, FL 33813; 800-852-0662; www. lithiumsprings.com. 2006 release. DVD $19.95 + $2 s/h. ENVIRONMENT This quirky, offbeat independent film provides...

Father Brown, Set 1.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2007... Father Brown, Set 1. 2 vols. color. 364+ min. Robert Tronson & Peter Jefferies, Granada, dist. by Acorn Media, 8515 Georgia Ave., Suite 650, Silver Spring, MD 20910; 888-870-8047; www.acornonline.com. 2007. DVD ISBN 1-56939-897-0. $39.99. F...

Blood and Oil: The Middle East in World War I.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2007... Blood and Oil: The Middle East in World War I. (Minutes of History[R]). color & b/w. 112 min. Marry Callaghan, Inecom Entertainment, 150 Beta Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15238-2932; 412-967-9210; www.inecom.com. 2006. DVD ISBN 1-59218-042-6. $24.95....

National Archives WWII Air War.(Video recording review)
April 15, 2007... National Archives WWII Air War. 6 vols. color & b/w. 353 min. National Archives, dist. by Topics Entertainment, 1600 SW 43rd St., Renton, WA 98055; 425-656-3621; www. topics-ent.com. 2007. DVD ISBN 1-59150-893-2. $49.99. MILITARY STUDIES ...

Tony Montanaro: Theatre and Inspiration.(Video recording review)
April 15, 2007... Tony Montanaro: Theatre & Inspiration. color & b/w. 56 min. Leland Faulkner, Huey, & Richard Searls, Films by Huey, 103 Montrose Ave., Portland, ME 04103; 207-773-1130; www.filmsbyhuey.com. 2006. DVD ISBN 0-9729294-5-2. $19.95; contact the...

How To Take Great Pictures for Success on eBay.(Video recording review)
April 15, 2007... How To Take Great Pictures for Success on eBay. color. 2 hrs. John Wurzell, Photo Education, dist. by AV Cafe, Inc., 6201 S. 58th St., Suite A, Lincoln, NE 68516; 877-228-2233; www.theavcafe.com. 2006. DVD $29.99. PHOTOG Filling a great...

Dialogues with Elie Wiesel & Richard D. Heffner: The Moral Responsibility of the Individual in a Changing World.(Video recording review)
April 15, 2007... Dialogues with Elie Wiesel & Richard D. Heffner: The Moral Responsibility of the Individual in a Changing World. color. 270 min. SISU Home Entertainment, 340 W. 39th St., 6th fl., New York, NY 10018; 800-223-7478; www.sisuent.com. 1997; 2006...

A Taste of California.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2007... A Taste of California. 6 vols. 7 hrs. Questar, Inc., PO Box 11345, Chicago, IL 60611; 800-544-8422; www.questarentertainment. com. 2007. DVD ISBN 978-1-59464-273-9. $59.99. TRAV This beautiful set covers 18 California locales on six...

Bicycle Thieves ("Ladri di Biciclette").(Brief article)(Video recording review)
April 15, 2007... Bicycle Thieves ("Ladri di Biciclette"), b/w. 89 min. In Italian w/English subtitles. Criterion Collection, dist. by Image. 1948. DVD ISBN 1-934121-24-X. $39.95. In a postwar Rome beset with poverty and unemployment, a family man finds a...

The Bridesmaid.(Video recording review)
April 15, 2007... The Bridesmaid. color. 110 min. In French w/English subtitles. First Run Features. 2006. DVD $29.95. That a handsome young man (Benoit Magimel, The Piano Teacher) lets himself be seduced by the feral bridesmaid (Laura Smet) at his...

Color Me Kubrick.(Video recording review)
April 15, 2007... Color Me Kubrick. color. 96 min. Magnolia Home Entertainment. 2005. DVD $29.98. John Malkovich gives an amusingly over-the-top performance as real-life con-man Alan Conway, a flamboyant lush who passed himself off as British movie...

Green for Danger.(Video recording review)
April 15, 2007... Green for Danger. b/w. 91 min. Criterion Collection, dist. by Image. 1946. DVD ISBN 1-934121-25-8. $39.95. A patient's operating-room death in a British village hospital during World War II casts suspicion on the anesthetist, the surgeon,...

Le Petit Lieutenant.(Video recording review)
April 15, 2007... Le petit lieutenant. color. 110 min. In French w/English subtitles. Koch Lorber. 2006. DVD ISBN 1-4172-0118-5. $29.98. Equal parts character study and police procedural, Xavier Beauvois's contemporary cop drama centers on a dedicated...

Cussler, Clive & Dirk Cussler. Treasure of Khan.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2007... * Cussler, Clive & Dirk Cussler. Treasure of Khan. 14 CDs. unabridged. 16 hrs. Books on Tape. 2006. ISBN 1-4159-3455-X. $90; 11 cassettes. ISBN 1-4159-3454-1. $72. F The last couple of Cussler novels relegated Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino...

Delinsky, Barbara. Family Tree.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Delinsky, Barbara. Family Tree. 9 CDs. unabridged. 10 3/4 hrs. Books on Tape. 2007. ISBN 1-4159-3565-3 [ISBN 978-1-4159-3565-1]. $110; 7 cassettes. ISBN 1-4159-3750-8 [ISBN 978-1-4159-3750-1]. $90. F In Delinsky's latest novel, a...

Fairstein, Linda. Bad Blood.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2007... Fairstein, Linda. Bad Blood. 10 CDs. unabridged. 11 1/4 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2007. ISBN 1-4281-3125-6 [ISBN 978-1-4281-3125-5]. $123.75; 10 cassettes. ISBN 1-4281-3123-X [ISBN 978-1-4281-3123-1]. $79.75. F New York City assistant district...

Jackson, Joshilyn. Between, Georgia.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Jackson, Joshilyn. Between, Georgia. 8 CDs. unabridged. 9 hrs. Books on Tape. 2006. ISBN 1-4159-3224-7. $81; 7 cassettes. ISBN 1-4159-3223-9. $63. F Literally born on the floor of a Frett household in the middle of the night, Nonny Frett...

Jakes, T.D. Not Easily Broken.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Jakes, T.D. Not Easily Broken. 7 CDs. unabridged. 8 1/4 hrs. Sound Library: BBC AudioBooks America. 2006. ISBN 0-7927-4492-6. $74.95. F This is the saga of a disparate couple struggling to save a marriage that seems doomed. Clarice's...

Prepub audio.(Brief article)
April 15, 2007... FICTION Abu-Jaber, Diana. Origin. 12 CDs. unabridged. NA hrs. Sound Library: BBC Audiobooks America. Jun. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7927-4864-9. $110.95. MYSTERY (See Prepub Alert, LJ 2/1/07) Burke, Alafair. Dead Connection. 7 cassettes,...

Krentz, Jayne Ann. White Lies.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2007... Krentz, Jayne Ann. White Lies. 8 CDs. unabridged. 9 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2007. ISBN 1-59600-266-2 [ISBN 978-1-59600-266-1]. $92.25. F Claire Lancaster has had an interesting year, having discovered that she is the daughter of Archer...

Phillips, Susan Elizabeth. Natural Born Charmer.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2007... * Phillips, Susan Elizabeth. Natural Born Charmer. 10 CDs. unabridged. 12 hrs. Harper-Audio. 2007. ISBN 0-06-122719-6. $39.95. F If this is truly the last of the Chicago Stars' stories, Phillips has gone out with a bang. Quarterback Dean...

Smith, Lee. On Agate Hill.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2007... Smith, Lee. On Agate Hill. 12 CDs. unabridged. 14 hrs. Recorded Bks. 2006. ISBN 1-4281-0311-2 [ISBN 978-1-4281-0311-5]. $119.75; 12 cassettes. ISBN 1-4281-0309-0 [ISBN 978-1-4281-0309-2]. $94.75. F History buffs will delight in this lush...

Weber, David. Off Armageddon Reef.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2007... Weber, David. Off Armageddon Reef. 25 CDs. unabridged. 30 hrs. Audio Renaissance. 2007. ISBN 1-4272-0065-3. $59.95. F Humanity, in the process of exploring the universe, has encountered a race known as the Gbaba. For reasons of their own,...

Armstrong, Karen. Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2007... Armstrong, Karen. Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time. 6 cassettes. unabridged. 7 1/4 hr. Recorded Bks. 2007. ISBN 1-4281-3640-1 [ISBN 978-1-4281-3640-3]. $51.75; 6 CDs. ISBN 1-4281-3642-8 [ISBN 978-1-4281-3642-7]. $72.75. REL Armstrong...

Engel, David. Understanding the Holocaust.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2007... Engel, David. Understanding the Holocaust. 7 CDs. unabridged. 8 hrs. Modern Scholar: Recorded Bks. 2006. ISBN 1-4281-1724-5 [ISBN 978-1-4281-1724-2]. $98.75. HIST This program includes 14 lectures created and delivered by Engel (Maurice...

Farrell, Paul B. The Lazy Person's Guide to Investing.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2007... Farrell, Paul B. The Lazy Person's Guide to Investing. 3 CDs. abridged. 3 1/2 hrs. Listen & Live Audio. 2006. ISBN 1-59316-078-X [ISBN 978-1-59316-078-4]. $19.95. BUS Farrell (The Millionaire Code), well-known MarketWatch.com columnist,...

Furstenberg, Francois. In the Name of the Father: Washington's Legacy, Slavery, and the Making of a Nation.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
April 15, 2007... Furstenberg, Francois. In the Name of the Father: Washington's Legacy, Slavery, and the Making of a Nation. 8 CDs. unabridged. 10 hrs. Tantor Audio. 2006. ISBN 1-4001-0278-2. $34.99. HIST Furstenberg (history, Univ. of Montreal) presents...

Koch, Doro Bush. My Father, My President: A Personal Account of the Life of George H.W. Bush.(Brief article)(Book review)
April 15, 2007... Koch, Doro Bush. My Father, My President: A Personal Account of the Life of George H.W. Bush. 5 CDs. abridged. 6 hrs. Hachette Audio. 2006. ISBN 1-59483-593-4 [ISBN 978-1-59483-593-3]. $29.98. BIOG George H.W. Bush, America's 41st...

Fiction on the spectrum.(Book review)
April 15, 2007... In 2003, April was chosen to be Autism Awareness Month to call attention to the explosive increase in diagnosed cases. Of the various symptoms and behaviors that make up the autistic spectrum, some are quite extreme and lend themselves...

The books most borrowed in U.S. libraries.
April 15, 2007... The books most borrowed in U.S. libraries LAST RANKING / FICTION TIMES ON LIST 1 The Memory Keeper's Daughter. Kim Edwards. ...

William Faulkner wrote in Requiem for a Nun, "the past isn't dead.(Brief article)
April 15, 2007... William Faulkner wrote in Requiem for a Nun, "The past isn't dead. It isn't even past." With the advent of new processes, the past can survive and be retrieved in new ways and forms. Jessamyn West of librarian.net says librarians and...

Saving digital history: archivists and librarians share similar challenges in preservation.
April 15, 2007... "Many archivists either don't know or don't care to know enough about technology to think about putting it into practice," Matienzo says. "[O]ne of the perennial problems for all archives is having a huge backlog, because archives usually...

Reassessing backlogs: extensible processing is a better way to make materials available.(Survey)
April 15, 2007... Numerous surveys have found that the backlog problem is widespread. A 1998 survey by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) reported that a mean of nearly one-third of the holdings of repositories remained unprocessed. A more recent...

A paperback in four minutes: Peter Brantley says the time is now to consider print on demand, which could become as ubiquitous as copy machines in libraries.(Content Survival)
April 15, 2007... The originals of these works don't circulate owing to their condition or may only circulate within the university's community. POD allows them to be accessed by a far larger population at a reasonable cost. At a time when most of the...

Product pipeline: Melissa L. Rethlefsen looks at social search engines, where search is heading, and what it means for librarians.
April 15, 2007... Today's web depends on search engines. Without them, the web becomes completely unmanageable. As much as search engines rule our search experience, most agree current search engines leave something to be desired. New search engines and search...

Pay by the slice: Gail Golderman & Bruce Connolly rate the pay-per-view feature.
April 15, 2007... Pay-per-view has immediate appeal in certain situations, as it should. For service-oriented but cost-conscious librarians, quickly and efficiently providing access to the contents of an expensive but little-used journal title on behalf of the...

Privacy vs. personalization: why not work with information that users have already created to customize library services.(LAST BYTE)
April 15, 2007... Libraries have had little success with creating personalized, individual services. Recent environmental changes make personalization achievable. The concepts of user as contributor and rich user experiences are key aspects of Web 2.0 and both...

SI vs. Librarians: Sports Illustrated flunks collection development.(Sports Illustrated)
April 1, 2007... I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE DEFENDING THE SPORTS Illustrated (SI) swimsuit issue, nor have an image of its cover in LJ (see News, p. 14). It has long been regarded as soft-core porn and a blatant example of the objectification of women in our...

exchange.(front desk)
April 1, 2007... "Suppose there's a James Thurber, Mark Twain, Truman Capote, or George Harrison among us. Wouldn't that person likely be creating on the web, and shouldn't their work last longer than their own lives?"--Dave Winer "Books are always a...

Library presents "preemptive reference".(front desk)(Johnson County Library in Shawnee Mission, Kansas)
April 1, 2007... Thanks to a unique partnership between the Johnson County Library (JCL), Shawnee Mission, KS, and the Kansas City Star, area residents reap the rewards of what librarian David Hanson calls "preemptive reference"--web-based information...

Stat watch.(front desk)
April 1, 2007... Top 10 Blogs on the Future of the Book 1 Publishing 2.0 2 if:book 3 Buzzmachine 4 Open Access News 5 Booktwo 6 Medialoper 7 Plagiarism today 8 Personanondata 9 PaidContent 10 Invisible Inkling...

Add video to course reserves at the library.(front desk)(Brown University Library)
April 1, 2007... The library is usually the hub for course reserves, and libraries typically include audio files to supplement text and pictures. Now Brown University Library, Providence, has added video and streaming video to its Online Course Reserves...

Criticism over patriot act use: still, Justice Department says library controversy caused hesitation.(lj news)
April 1, 2007... In a lengthy report issued March 9, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) criticized the Department of Justice (DOJ) for lax oversight of National Security Letters (NSLs), the scope of which were expanded by the USA PATRIOT Act. The DOJ...

Swimsuit issue denied to libraries.(lj news)
April 1, 2007... In an unannounced policy change that quickly got librarians fuming, Sports Illustrated (SI) decided this year to withhold 21,000 copies of its risque annual swimsuit issue from classrooms and libraries. SI spokesman Rick McCabe acknowledged...

Filter policy snags Rochester: County official threatens budget if library continues unblocking.(lj news)(Monroe County Library System, Rochester, New York)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... The budget of the Monroe County Library System, Rochester, NY, is under threat from County Executive Maggie Brooks, who was on the warpath after a television report on "porn at the library." If the library doesn't make its filtering...

Five SFPL branches delayed: renovation runs out of money; new vote possible to raise funds.(lj news)(San Francisco Public Library)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... The San Francisco Public Library's (SFPL) ambitious $106 million branch renovation program, approved by voters in 2000, is running out of money. Soaring construction costs have led to the postponement of five branch projects, as the SFPL...

Librarians out front at Comic Con.(lj news)(New York Comic Con)
April 1, 2007... Librarians' pioneering role in bringing graphic novels to the public was celebrated at the second annual New York Comic Con (NYCC), held February 23-25, at Manhattan's Jacob Javits Convention Center. Some 400 librarians attended, a fourfold...

San Antonio PL branches needy: infrastructure bond will only include $11 million in capital funds.(NEWS)(San Antonio Public Library needs more funding)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... While San Antonio voters will go to the polls on May 12 to approve or deny a $550 million bond package, it will include only $11 million for public library capital improvements, about one-third of what the San Antonio Public Library board...

New fair use bill in Congress: does Boucher's measure have a chance this time?(NEWS)(Rick Boucher; Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act of 2007)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Congressional Rep. (and LJ 2006 Politician of the Year [LJ 9/15/06, p. 26-27]) Rick Boucher (D-VA), along with John Doolittle (R-CA) and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), has introduced the Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship (FAIR...

Brooklyn PL criticized over exhibit.(NEWS)(Brooklyn Public Library)
April 1, 2007... The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), an alliance that includes, among some 50 members, the American Library Association (ALA), has criticized the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) for censoring an exhibition of art related to a...

NC system blocks MySpace: library says site used to view and post pornography, promote gangs.(NEWS)(Wake County Public Library System, North Carolina)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... While legislators in some states have targeted access by children to social networking sites like MySpace (see News, LJ 3/15/07, p. 16), and some libraries have prohibited access in the children's room, the Wake County Public Library System,...

Buffalo DLIS joins School of Ed: three LIS programs see accreditation continued.(NEWS)(University of Buffalo Department of Library and Information Science joins Graduate School of Education)
April 1, 2007... The Department of Library and Information Science (DLIS) at the University of Buffalo (UB) will be placed in the Graduate School of Education, following the dissolution of the School of Informatics. The announcement comes after months of...

Publishers debut search engines: what, however, does it mean to consumers and Web 2.0 readers?(NEWS)(Random House and HarperCollins launch online digital books)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... For years, publishers have talked openly about making their own content available online, and now Random House and HarperCollins plan to offer thousands of digital books. Both Random House's Insight service and HarperCollins's Browse Inside...

Calendar.(NEWS)(Calendar)
April 1, 2007... MAY 2-4--Maryland Library Assn., Ocean City www mdlib.org 2-4--Massachusetts Library Assn., Sturbridge www.masslib.org 8--Delaware Library Assn., Dover www2.lib.udel.edu/dla-crld 15-16--Vermont Library Assn., Burlington...

Princeton University.(people)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Joyce Bell has been named Cataloging and Metadata Services Director at Princeton University, NJ. She has been a Cataloger at Princeton for 16 years, most recently as Catalog Division Coordinator.

Triangle Research Libraries Network.(people)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Mona Couts has been named Director of the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN), Chapel Hill, NC, a consortium of four area universities. Since 1998, Couts had been Program Officer at TRLN and served as liaison for technology and human...

Lester Public Library.(people)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Jeffrey Dawson is the new Director of the Lester Public Library, Two Rivers, WI. He replaces Nick Niederlander, who retired last August after serving as Director for 33 years. Dawson most recently was Youth Services and Bookmobile Manager at...

Camden County Library System.(people)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Linda Devlin has been appointed Director, Camden County Library System, Voorhees, NJ. Devlin came to Camden in 1995 as a Senior Librarian; her most recent position was Associate Director. She has been named an LJ 2007 Mover & Shaker.

University of North Carolina.(Kirill Fesenko appointed head of Carolina Digital Library)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Kirill Fesenko has been appointed the first Head of the Carolina Digital Library (CDL) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, a new department within the library. In this newly created position, Fesenko will lead the...

Des Moines Public Library.(people)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Steve Goers, North Side Branch Director, Des Moines Public Library, will retire next month after a 30-year career in the library system. He has been at the North Side location since 1993 and earlier managed the East Side and Forest Avenue...

Nylink.(people)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Kathleen Gundrum has been named Interim Executive Director of Nylink, a nonprofit membership organization serving libraries and other institutions in New York State and surrounding areas. She had been Director of Member Services. Gundrum...

NC LIVE.(people)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Timothy Rogers has been named Executive Director of NC LIVE, a statewide collaboration of nearly 200 public and academic libraries in North Carolina, effective April 12. For the past seven years, Rogers has worked at the Johnson County...

Stanford University Libraries.(people)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Robert Schwarzwalder is joining Stanford University Libraries, CA, as Associate University Librarian for Engineering and Science beginning in August 2007. He currently is Assistant University Librarian for Library Information Technology at...

Marquette University Raynor Memorial Libraries.(people)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Joan Sommer has been appointed Head of Access Services at Marquette University Raynor Memorial Libraries, Milwaukee. The new department was formed through the merger of interlibrary loan and access services. Sommer joined Marquette in 1984...

North Carolina State University Libraries.(people)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Maurice York is now Associate Head of Information Technology, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh. York comes from Emory University, Atlanta, where he served as Team Leader for Circulation and E-learning Services.

ProQuest CSA free marketing kit: Library ubermarketer Beth Dempsey and team create how-to resources for pushing your online services.(infotech)
April 1, 2007... The newly formed ProQuest CSA is coming out swinging: the company is offering both its customers and non-customer public libraries a free marketing tool kit that combines a wealth of "how-to" advice from library marketing expert, speaker, and...

OCLC launches WorldCat Registry.(Online Computer Library Center initiates directory for libraries)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... OCLC announced February 26 the debut of WorldCat Registry (worldcat.org/registry/institutions), "a comprehensive directory for libraries and consortia and the services they provide." The goal is to offer a single platform that helps these...

Carl Grant leaving VTLS.(Visionary Technology in Library Solutions Inc.)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... VTLS announced in late February that Carl Grant, its president of four years, will vacate that post April 15. Former president and current CEO Vinod Chachra will resume the president's position as well as continue as CEO. Additionally,...

Ex Libris releases MetaLib 4.0.(infotech)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Ex Libris has released an updated version of its gateway and metasearch system as well as landed some new contracts. MetaLib 4.0 features many upgrades, including top clustering navigation, an interface that complies with "the W3C Web Content...